Best places to live in the Las Vegas metro area

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July 8, 2025
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Best places to live in the Las Vegas metro area

Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the Las Vegas metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on cost of living, higher education rate, housing, public schools, diversity, and crime. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.

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#12. Pahrump

- Niche grade: C-
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 45,811

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#11. Sunrise Manor

- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 199,099

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#10. North Las Vegas

- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 270,773

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#9. Whitney

- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 46,268

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#8. Moapa Valley

- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 6,699

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#7. Winchester

- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 37,774

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#6. Las Vegas

- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 650,873

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#5. Boulder City

- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 14,888

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#4. Paradise

- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 186,178

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#3. Spring Valley

- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 219,913

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#2. Henderson

- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 324,523

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#1. Enterprise

- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 232,043

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